political opponent. it raises two questions of historic con kwens. does this put us one step closer to criminal charges against president trump? and could he after hinting as recently as this past weekend going to run for reelection be barred from holding off ever again? these are questions not only facing him, but also his mote fervent supporters. we saw a bit of their anger when a small group of protesters gathered after the news broke. and republican senator tim scott of south carolina reminded us of this. certainly as the largest voice of republican or democrat will continue to be the more focus you put on him, the more likely supporters will rally around him. meanwhile on capitol hill, a furious reaction from some other big name republicans. right after the news broke, house minority leader kevin mccarthy threatened an investigation in writing against attorney general merrick garland and the justice department. and just this morning, nbc news learned that more than a
Had to say. Just moments ago on the house floor, we passed by overwhelming numbers the ability to keep government open for the next six weeks. Youve got to understand why we are here. The senate has produced not one Appropriation Bill through the floor. The house . More than 70 . Discretionary spending has now passed. I do not believe our troops need to be punished for us not getting the work done. So i ask congress will stay in session the next two weeks, continue to work to get this done. Lets take a closer look at whats in the stopgap measure. The bill keeps the governments funding at 2023 levels, but only for now. It also freezes the us s aid to ukraine. Democrats had originally tried to plug this gap with a 6 billion aid package, but that measure was removed from the resolution in order to secure the votes needed to pass it. All of this only lasts for 45 days, so the us could be back at the same cliff edge in just over six weeks time. A shutdown would leave hundreds of thousands o
Shutdown. So we are keeping a close eye on everything that is happening there. Lets take a look now at what House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy had to sayjust after the bill was passed. Just moments ago on the house floor, we passed by overwhelming numbers the ability to keep government open for the next six weeks. Youve got to understand why we are here. The senate has produced not one Appropriation Bill through the floor. The house . More than 70 . Discretionary spending has now passed. I do not believe our troops need to be punished for us not getting the work done. So i ask congress will stay in session the next two weeks, continue to work to get this done. The bill keeps the governments funding at 2023 levels, but only for now, it also freezes the us s aid to ukraine. Democrats had originally tried to plug this gap with a 6 Billion Dollar aid package, but that measure was removed from the resolution in order to secure the votes needed to pass it all of this only lasts for 45 days, so the
Spewing more violence. He has asked the d. C. Giants to have trumps legal team has just over a week to respond. Starting us off this sunday Special Correspondent for that is a fair and host of the fast politics podcast. Matt dodd, county but and former chief strategist for bush cheney president ial campaign. Msnbc Political Analyst. And joyce vance, msnbc contributor and former u. S. Attorney. She is a professor at the university of Alabama School of law and the cohost of the hashtag, sisters emma podcast. It is good to see you all. Joyce, trump told nbc that he made the decision. And not his lawyers to challenge the 2020 election results. What does that mean for the special counsels case against him . Every time trump takes his television, or any other public form and begins to speak, my assumption is that someone at the Justice Department is taking notes. Because very often he says things that are contradictory or he undercuts his own defenses. Mostly importantly what is going on is
More than 2,000 people were killed and close to 2,000 injured in the 6. 8 magnitude original quake. Its the countrys deadliest earthquake in decades. Those numbers are expected to rise. Relief efforts are slow to arrive at some of the most remote areas. You can see Drone Footage here showing the scope of the damage. Entire villages have been flattened, reduced to piles of rubble in the aftermath of this earthquake. Earlier a person was pulled from under a collapsed building and then carried away to safety. It was a rare moment of celebration. And for a second Night Thousands of people slept in the streets of marrakesh. Many have no home to return to or facing the threat of aftershocks, they are afraid to sleep in the damaged buildings. Sam kiley has more. Reporter this is the scene here in the medina in marrakesh. As you can see, a whole side of this building has collapsed into one of these very narrow streets. They have evacuated most of the tourists from this area. If there are any m